Enrico Garozzo
| Enrico Garozzo | |
|---|---|
 Garozzo at the 2013 Paris World Cup | |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 21 June 1989 |
| Sport | |
| Weapon | épée |
| Hand | right-handed |
| National coach | Sandro Cuomo |
| Club | Centro Sportivo Carabinieri |
| Head coach | Andrea Candiani |
| Former coach | Domenico Patti |
| FIE ranking | current ranking |
Medal record | |
Enrico Garozzo ([enˈriːko ɡaˈrɔttso]; born 21 June 1989 in Catania, Sicily) is an Italian épée fencer, bronze medallist in the 2014 World Championships.
Garozzo is an athlete of the Centro Sportivo Carabinieri.[1]
Biography
Garozzo won a silver medal at the 2006 Cadets World Fencing Championship in Taebaek,[2] then took the gold at the 2008 Junior World Fencing Championship in his childhood city Acireale.[3]
Amongst seniors, he made his first Fencing World Cup podium in 2010 with a third place in the Grand Prix de Berne.[4] This was followed in the 2011–12 season by a second place at the Jockey Club Argentino.[4]
In the 2012–13 season he placed third in the Heidenheimer Pokal[4] and in the 2013 Mediterranean Games at Mersin.[5] He advanced to the quarter-finals in the 2013 European Championships at Budapest before being stopped by eventual silver medallist Daniel Jerent. In the 2013–14 season, he won a silver medal in the Doha Grand Prix[6] and took a bronze medal at the World Championships in Kazan after losing in the semifinals to South Korea's Park Kyoung-doo.[7] He finished the season 4th in world rankings, a career best.
In the 2014–15 season Garozzo won a bronze medal in the Doha Grand Prix.[8]
Enrico's younger brother, Daniele, is a foil fencer.
References
- ^ "IL GENERALE TULLIO DEL SETTE INCONTRA GLI ATLETI ALLA CERIMONIA DI INAGUARAZIONE DEI NUOVI IMPIANTI SPORTIVI" (in Italian). carabinieri.it. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
Tra loro, oltre ai già citati Garozzo, Errigo, Miracco e De Luca, anche l'argento olimpico di Rio 2016 nel tiro a volo Chiara Cainero, il judoka Matteo Marconcini, 5° alle olimpiadi, i nuotatori Luca Dotto e Silvia Di Pietro, i canottieri Paolo Di Girolamo e Stefano Oppo, la marciatrice Noemi Stella, l'oro europeo di tiro a volo Massimo Fabbrizi, la triatleta Angelica Olmo, il mezzofondista Yohanes Chiappinelli, e numerosi altri ancora.
- ^ Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano, ed. (10 April 2006). "Campionati mondiali cadetti un argento nella spada" (in Italian).
- ^ Gianluca Musmeci (12 April 2010). "Mondiali di Scherma giovani: oro all'Acese Enrico Garozzo". Giornale di Sicilia (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2014-07-29.
- ^ a b c Alessandro Gennari (13 February 2014). "La terza prova". Pianeta Scherma (in Italian).
- ^ Gabriele Lippi (22 June 2013). "Mersin 2013, quattro medaglie dalla scherma: oro Di Francisca". Olimpiazzura.com (in Italian).
- ^ Alessandro Gennari (17 January 2014). "Quella maledetta ultima stoccata…". Pianeta Scherma (in Italian).
- ^ Stefano Arcobelli (20 July 2014). "Scherma, Mondiali, Spada: Fiamingo d'oro! Garozzo è di bronzo". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
- ^ "Scherma, spada uomini, Grand Prix: Garozzo è di bronzo a Doha" (in Italian). Gasport. 6 December 2014.
External links
- Italian épée fencers
- Italian male fencers
- Living people
- 1989 births
- Sportspeople from the Province of Catania
- People from Acireale
- Olympic fencers of Italy
- Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Italy
- Olympic medalists in fencing
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Universiade medalists in fencing
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy
- Mediterranean Games medalists in fencing
- Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
- Universiade silver medalists for Italy
- Fencers of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri
- Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade